A moment of silence for the mass shooting in Las Vegas is held before the first period of an NHL hockey game between the Detroit Red Wings and Minnesota Wild, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, in Detroit. The video board reads Vegas Strong. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Hey, everybody. Look at the Red Wings’ shiny new home, Little Caesars Arena. It is, simply put, the best sports venue in the country.

While there is a novelty to the building, which undoubtedly will last awhile, the Red Wings opened it Thursday night against the Minnesota Wild with the product on the ice in question.

“It was a nice run.”

“It was inevitable.”

“Ken Holland is the worst general manager in hockey.”

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“The Red Wings don’t have a chance to make the playoffs this season.”

“The Red Wings don’t have a chance to make the postseason for a long time.”

“Hey man, where’s Andreas Athanasiou. Dude can fly.”

Ask pundits, national and local, or talk to a Red Wings’ fan, those are the type of things you’ll hear.

It’s a twist. For decades, the Red Wings were this bright object playing in the NHL’s biggest dump, Joe Louis Arena. Of course, when they played the last game at The Joe, it was like the biggest piece of gold ever was being chucked into Detroit River.

Ultimately, it’s about the team and the games, not the venue.

Which bring us to Rasmus Dahlin, a name many of you have never heard, but will be continually if the Red Wings don’t surprise and emerge as a playoff contender.

Dahlin is a 6-2, 185-pound Swedish defenseman, who at this point appears to be the first overall pick in the 2018 NHL Draft.

He is a fluid and swift skater, who at 17 already takes a regular shift in an elite pro league, and is considered to be the defenseman version of Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews. Could he be the next Nicklas Lidstrom or Erik Karlsson? It’s not really the stretch you might think. The Red Wings have their share of flaws, but none is more glaring than a lack of puck moving defensemen. They need this guy - badly.

So would it be better to have a poor season and live to fight better another day by getting an elite player in the draft? Or scrap to possibility make the playoffs as justification for the beautiful new building?

It’s definitely a pressure point for the direction of the franchise. This is the last season of Holland’s contract and Jeff Blashill’s third as head coach.

The Red Wings have some good, young talent on their roster in Anthony Mantha and Dylan Larkin, and some other decent prospects in the pipeline, although 2017 top pick Michael Rasmussen really needs to work on his skating.

But it’s not genuinely high-end type of players.

There is no question having very early picks in the NHL Draft made the Penguins and Blackhawks multiple Stanley Cup champions. There is little doubt the draft has keyed the emergence of the Maple Leafs.

The idea in sports, obviously, is to win. The Blackhawks were irrelevant for many years. The Penguins were sold, nearly moved or almost disbanded and Leafs’ fans had been subjected to abuse for decades before turning it around.

Do the Red Wings have to go through similar pains?

Well, that’s the part that doesn’t mix with the new arena, if you’re really honest about it.